Online webinar

Recent Cases Discussion Group: Jonathan Morgan: Barclays Bank v Various Claimants and Morrisons Supermarkets v Various Claimants (vicarious liability) Jodi Gardner: Uber Technologies v Heller (unconscionability) This event is open to all LLM, MCL and PhD students, Faculty members and Faculty visitors. Email privatelaw@cam...

Book Launch for Nick McBride's (Pembroke College, Cambridge) The Humanity of Private Law — Part II: Evaluation Chair: Lord Leggatt; Discussants: Sandy Steel and Jodi Gardner Email privatelaw@cam.ac.uk to obtain a link to attend.

Speaker: Sandy Steel, Wadham College, Oxford This seminar is open to all LLM, MCL and PhD students, Faculty members and Faculty visitors. Email privatelaw@cam.ac.uk to obtain a link to attend.

Speaker: Professor Sir William Blair (Queen Mary, University of London) Chair: Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) Download: "Breathing space" - Concept Note 2 on the effect of the 2020 pandemic on commercial contracts, September 2020 Update Abstract: Force majeure and other issues are increasingly being seen in commercial contracts where the deepening economic effects of the pandemic are impeding performance. To avoid a “plethora of defaults” (Mario Draghi’s phrase) should we be looking at new ways of resolving disputes, or should be focus on how technology can accommodate legal proceedings even during lockdowns? Sir William Blair draws on the work of the “breathing space” project of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in discussing these issues. Enquiries to: 3cl@law.cam.ac.uk

Speaker: Professor Sir Roy Goode (University of Oxford) Chair: Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) Resources to accompany the webinar: The Cape Town Convention and Pretoria Protocol, Notes accompanying a lecture by Professor Sir Roy Goode QC Pretoria Protocol Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment...

Speaker: Professor Mark Roe (Harvard Law School) Chair: Felix Steffek (University of Cambridge) Abstract: The notion of stock-market-driven short-termism relentlessly whittling away at the American economy’s foundations is widely accepted and highly salient. Presidential candidates state as much. Senators introduce bills...

Speaker: Professor Dinusha Mendis, Bournemouth University Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of the commissioned project completed for the European Commission in April 2020. Combining an in-depth legal analysis with empirical data drawn from interviews with 40+ industry stakeholders, the talk will draw on...

Speaker: João Pedro Quintais, University of Amsterdam Abstract: This presentation addresses the hottest topic in EU copyright law and policy: Article 17 of the new Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive (2019/790). The CDSM Directive is the culmination of a controversial political and legislative process...

Speaker: Dr Reuben Binns, University of Oxford Abstract: Reuben's presentation will be based on joint work with Dr Michael Veale, UCL Faculty of Laws. 'Article 22 of the GDPR contains provisions which restrict the use of automated decision making systems where they are 'solely automated' and have 'legal or similarly...

Speaker: Dr Ilanah Fhima, University College London Abstract: In 2011 the Max Planck Institute published a major report into the functioning of the European trade mark system, commissioned by the European Commission. Its mandate was to 'analyse current performances and to identify potential areas for improvement...